May 2018

It has been confirmed; US President Donald Trump is to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore next month, and East Asia is poised to witness another historic summit. The question still remains: what will this amount to?
The paths leading up to the

The year is 2040. The highways are lined with trees, stretching their green canopy over your morning commute. Traffic is light, a gift of good city planning. You pull up to your skyscraper office building, surrounded by shelves of palm trees and vines circling up

Propaganda, protest and resistance are three of music’s many functions. Russian music is no exception. But aside from ridiculous songs featuring laughably pro-Putin lyrics like “Putin did not betray Russia” and “Vladimir Putin is a good guy,” mainstream music is usually apolitical. The exceptions to

With the inter-Korean summit in the books and more summits on the horizon, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un certainly seems to be enjoying his time in the global spotlight. By setting his facial expression status to grin, giggling with South Korean President Moon Jae-in,

Hanoi is no place for people who enjoy walking. It is unclear if the cityscape nudged the locals to avoid walking as much as possible, or whether they are just too comfortable on their motorcycles. Whatever the reason, it is difficult to spot locals walking.

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